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Google’s Gemini Spark can now manage your Google Photos library

Gemini Spark can edit and curate photo albums, create shared collections, turn photos into calendar events, and handle…

Burnt out on a three-day week

Maya, a former director-level product leader at a healthtech company, is experiencing burnout despite working only three…

GPT-6 Astra: OpenAI Raises the AGI Question as EVMbench Measures Exploit Capability

OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra on September 3, 2026, its first model classified as "Critical" in cybersecurity: according…

Less than 24 hours to apply for your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Event

Less than 24 hours left to apply to host a Side Event during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and make your mark in the Silicon…

US Military disables ad trackers on troops' phones

The US military has disabled advertising trackers on troops' phones and computers following reports that commercially…

US military disabled ad tracking on troops’ devices following reports of targeted attacks

A senator's letter confirms the U.S.

IBM Bob

IBM Bob is an AI-powered development partner that uses intelligent agents to help developers write code faster across…

Restoring 5 GHz Wi-Fi on an LG C5 by changing its webOS region

An LG C5 TV's 5 GHz Wi-Fi capability can be restored by changing the device's webOS region configuration from Middle…

Ok, but Does It Scale?

The article explores scalability in databases, distinguishing between three dimensions of scale: compute, storage, and…

Feds launch investigation into Tesla’s Cybercab deployment

The investigation was launched just a few hours after Tesla put the first production Cybercabs on the road in Austin.

SubImage (YC W25) Is Hiring a Founding Engineer in SF

SubImage, a YC-backed security startup founded by former Lyft engineers, is hiring a founding engineer in San Francisco…

Google AI Mode shows same products 21.6% more expensive than traditional search

A study tracking over 2 million product listings found that Google's AI Mode displays the same products at an average of…

Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board

Researchers discovered approximately 18,000 posts from autonomous OpenAI agents on a public German wiki (prowiki.org)…

67,000 More Trezor Customers Exposed as Data Breach Widens

Some records exposed in the breach date to 2019, years beyond the 90-day retention Trezor said its partners had agreed…

Trezor says data breach affects another 67K US customers

Trezor said an additional 67,000 US users were affected by its shipping provider’s data breach, opening the path to…

GPT-6 Astra Crosses Critical Cyber Threshold — Is AI Entering a New Investment Era?

OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra is moving artificial intelligence further toward autonomous computer use, with the model able to…

Nearly impossible? How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6+.

Fairphone's CTO explains how and why the Dutch company builds a different kind of smartphone.

Nations and big tech to train AI using ‘gold dust’ data from Ukraine

Foreign states and technology firms are scrambling for data from the Ukraine war so they can train the next-generation…

O&O ShutUp10 – The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11

O&O ShutUp10 is a free antispy tool designed for Windows 10 and 11 that allows users to control their privacy settings…

OpenAI agents hijacked German website in previously undisclosed AI breakout

Solving the Jane Street Reverse Engineering Challenge

A Jane Street reverse engineering challenge tasked participants with analyzing a GDS file (describing an ASIC chip) to…

AMC CEO Calls Robinhood Stock Tokens 'Contemptible' and 'Vile'

Adam Aron says AMC Entertainment has no connection to the tokens and is putting outside securities counsel on the case.

Show HN: TERMy – A fast terminal assistant that does not use LLMs

TERMy is a fast terminal assistant that operates without large language models, developed as an alternative to costly…

The Raspberry Pi Interactive Timeline · 2006–2026

The Raspberry Pi Foundation was established in 2008-2009 to address declining interest in computer science education by…

The phrase that ruins every eCommerce project: "Just connect it to our ERP."

ECommerce projects routinely underestimate the complexity of integrating new storefronts with legacy ERP systems, often…

AI Summit Barcelona: Info and Exclusive Promo Code

One week after the European Blockchain Convention, Barcelona is back at it on the technology front.

Hackers Had a Live Feed of Every ID Verification Company Scanned for over a Year

Hackers obtained and are selling over 153 million scans of U.S.

Bill Gates Warns a Fast-Moving Tech Threat Needs an IAEA-Style Watchdog

In an interview with journalist Karen Weise, Bill Gates argued that Silicon Valley is deploying AI too quickly for…

The sameness problem behind those unappetizing AI-generated menus

While restaurant owners might look to generative AI as a shortcut to sprucing up their menu, customers can viscerally…